“Take him out! Blow him up! Take him out! Blow him up!” the children chant during a vacation Bible school program at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Lexington, Ky. With eerie music looming over the scene, the viral TikTok video...
LEAWOOD, Kan. (ABP) — A Baptist pastor thinks he has a solution to the dilemma about whether it's more appropriate to say "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays" in secular settings like department stores. Mike McKinney submits that tensions that flare…
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (ABP) — Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee says it is culturally acceptable in America to persecute Christians. In an interview with the Florida Baptist Witness, the former Arkansas governor cited foot baths provided for Muslims at the…
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Supreme Court has instructed a lower court to review its decision that terrorism detainees lack religious rights under United States law. The justices issued an order Dec. 15 reversing the January decision by the District of…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — The head of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is predicting layoffs and tuition increases to manage a $3 million budget shortfall. President Al Mohler said in a Dec. 15 letter to the seminary community that cost-saving measures…
By Colleen Burroughs I’m not sure when it began or which year my children started coming home asking for an elf. It turns out there is a way to write Santa and request one of his helpers to come spend…
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A Baptist peacemaker who lobbied Congress to stop U.S. funding of El Salvador's 1980-1992 civil war has died following a brief battle with cancer. Amparo Lopez Palacios, 69, discovered only weeks before her Nov. 14 death that…
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A Baptist peacemaker who lobbied Congress to stop the United States’ funding of one side in El Salvador’s 1980-1992 civil war has died. Amparo Lopez Palacios, 69, discovered only weeks before her Nov. 14 death that she was suffering…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — Woman's Missionary Union has announced budget cutbacks affecting nearly 100 employees of the Southern Baptist Convention women's auxiliary, founded in 1888. After consulting with the WMU Executive Board's finance and personnel committees Dec. 8, WMU Executive…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — Woman's Missionary Union has announced budget cutbacks affecting the nearly 100 employees of the Southern Baptist Convention women's auxiliary, founded in 1888. After consulting with the WMU Executive Board's finance and personnel committees Dec. 8, WMU…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (ABP) — South Carolinians who want to advertise their Christian faith on their car tags won’t get to anytime soon, according to a Dec. 11 ruling by a federal judge. A mock-up of the proposed South Carolina license…
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Backlash over comments about gay rights on a public-radio broadcast has apparently cost a prominent National Association of Evangelicals lobbyist his job. Richard Cizik resigned Dec. 10 as NAE’s vice president for governmental affairs, according to a…
Shirley Heidenreich, right, and Joyce Finch, left, members of Speedway Baptist Church in Indianapolis, prepare for the weekly HIV/AIDS support group. (CBF photo by Shawn Williams). INDIANAPOLIS (ABP) – The birthday celebrations that Karen Estle throws each month at an…
